1916
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1916 ink by Arthur Bowen Davies, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This black-and-white sketch shows three nude figures standing close together. Their bodies are drawn with sharp, angular lines that don’t follow normal shapes—arms and legs look stretched or broken. The background has rough, wavy marks, like fabric or movement. One figure holds what looks like a long object, maybe a pole or branch. The artist used a drypoint technique, which means they scratched lines into a metal plate to create the image. This lets for a gritty, textured look that feels almost like drawing with a knife. Next, check out Arthur B. Davies to see how his work fits into early 20th-century art.
Arthur Bowen Davies (September 26, 1862 – October 24, 1928) was an avant-garde American artist and influential advocate of modern art in the United States c. 1910–1928.
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